The Forced Marriage (SHORT STORY)

Different Views Of Our Lives

"Finley I want spicy sauce! Chicken nuggets are not the same without some spicy sauce!" I whined as he was laughing, eating, and driving down the interstate.

"Well, Gracie I'm on the interstate I can't just turn around and go all the way back to get you some spicy buffalo sauce!" I wined and put my feet on the dashboard of the car that someone that worked for Finley dropped off while we were at Mcdonalds.

"YES! THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT!" 

Finley looked at me and back at the road and took a sharp U-turn making the bags to fly to the floor.

"FIN!"

"Opps sorry..." He laughed

"Are you actually going back to get the sauce!"

"Yeah... It will make you shut up about the sauce and throwing a hissy fit. Won't it?" 

"YES!" I leaned over and kissed his cheek, " I love you so much!"

"You better!" I began to pick up the bags on the ground. 

I finally picked everything and looked at Finley "the floor is clean enough to still eat the food."

"You're nasty..."He laughed at me

"I don't care. Let's get the sauce and go home. I already missed school today and yesterday I can't miss another day."

"Why not?"

"Because unlike you, I have to go to college, I don't get my daddy's multi fortune company."

"No, you don't. You get a hubby that get's his daddy's rich company. You don't have to go to college cause you have everything you want to be handed to you, and for your information. I do have to go to college for business."

"Um, I know I could have that but I want to be able to say I got somewhere in life and wasn't handed everything. I want to go to school."

"What do you want to go for?"

"To be honest, I want to become a doctor."

"That's great! I can get you into the best school and I can get you in the best hospital where you could have the hours you want!" 

"What? I already have a school in mind."

"What school?"

"Baylor." 

"IN TEXAS!?" 

"Yes..." 

"THAT IS AN ENTIRE DIFFERENT STATE!" 

"SO! I am not going to change my life plans for you!" 

"But, my dad doesn't have a company in Houston! I would never see my wife! Cause she wants to become a doctor even though she could stay home and take of children!"

"I will! After I go to college and I will work."

"Gracie..."

"No Finley we can visit each other. You're rich! We can visit all the time!"

"Time! NOT MONEY! TIME! I would never have time to see you if you lived here I could."

"No Finley..."

"How are you going to pay for this?" 

"I don't really know. I have money saved up but only for about a semester worth of books."

He looked over at me as he waited behind a car in the line, "I'll pay for it all."

"What?"

"I'm going to pay for everything, living, food, books, anything and everything and we each other when we can."

"Finley, oh my god I love you so much!" 

"I love you too Gracie Jane." He then pulled up to the line "Do you want anything else?"

"Another drink and another fry please and bunches of spicy buffalo sauce."

He repeated that all to the lady at the window and ordered himself an ice cream cone.

Would we really be able to pull it off? We would have to. Even if we grow to hate each other we would still have to be married so me going to college would not change anything for us. I do not want to marry Finley, I do not have that kind of love for him, but I have to suck it all up and marry him. I know he feels the same way, so me going to college would only make us not have to be around each other as much. I only have years of school left until I go to college. I will have been married to Finley for almost two. What if somethings happens? What if I end up getting pregnant? Then what would I do? Wait? What am I saying! We are not going to have sex. I'm only marrying him to make my parents happy and not worried for me. 

"Gracie."

"Yes?"

"Do you want to go to my apartment?"

I looked over at Finley and smiled. I did want to see where I would be living but, I also just wanted to be alone. I decided on just going to his apartment.

"Sure, but can we stop by my house? I need to check in on my parents, my phone died and I didn't have a charger it was in my purse which was in your car."

"Yeah, do you want to get some clothes and stuff?"

"Finley Dawson are you trying to be smooth in asking me to move in with you?"

"Yeah I guess so, I mean it's gonna happen sooner or later."

"I guess your right. But, let's just do me staying the night for a night for now."

"Will do." He smiled as he began to drive home.